He loved the raw strength of Haris, his edge of…

I want to know why I read as a child with such a frantic appetite, why I sucked the words off the page with…

— Francis Spufford

In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognized as female,…

— Julia Serano

I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of…

— Bill Hader

“If you were mine, I'd never leave you, Prudence. I couldn't.”

— Anne Gracie

“Desperation breeds people who are willing to do anything to get what they need.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“Soon, I found myself locked in my own cage of fear and desperation, where my experience of life was getting smaller and smaller.”

— Anita Moorjani

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The desperation was coming off you in waves. You were all but begging to dance with me. I am doing you a favor.

— Amanda Hocking

“In the moments of your deepest need, despair and desperation, what you need more than any other thing, is calm and faith.”

— Bryant McGill

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the…

— Henry David Thoreau

In exams, we look up for inspiration, down for desperation, left and right for information.

— Nishan Panwar

“Who among us does not move through life with the hidden sense, maybe even quiet desperation, that we are destined for more?”

— Peter Bregman

Lol, the thirst on SQ is serious.

— Maher

The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.”

— Craig Ferguson